On draught at the Fenway location, 5/9/2005. First, the facts. This is an ale described by the brewer as "malty sweet" with tea and lemon extract used in the fermentation. It is served on ice.
Ya, so talk about unique. I really gave this one a chance and was pleasantly surprised. Yes, it is served with ice, I almost couldnt believe it. An iced-tea colored beer (light amber-gold) with a foamy white head, some retention. Aroma of lemon, tea and honey, quite herbal and much like iced-tea. Flavor, though full of tea and light lemon acidity, does have a strong maltiness. The ice dulls any real complexity, but you can tell there is more here than just tea and lemon flavored nothingness. Body, before the ice melts, is actually medium, with some honeyish consistency, bits of caramel perhaps. Little bit of yeast apparency and then a lemon acidity finish. Strange, strange experiment, but I give them credit for it.